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Imagine a world without hate, an America where people of different races and religions trust one another, respect each other and care for one another, like good neighbors and friends. That’s not the world we live in. This video is about today’s America, where fear and hate can overshadow the good.
Overlooked communities In Allegheny County, only 30 to 45 affordable rental units exist for every 100 low-income families. It is a housing deficit that perpetuates the cycle of poverty in the Pittsburgh region.
Today, Matthew Desmond — Harvard sociologist and author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City — spoke at the East Liberty Presbyterian Church to a room full of landlords, tenants, magistrates, housing policy experts and lawyers to discuss potential solutions to the shortage of affordable housing.
For every 100 mothers who have hepatitis C, about six newborns will contract the disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC].
But since transmission rates are low compared to hepatitis B or HIV, hospitals aren’t testing high-risk babies.
I think that we all agree that there are dams that do not pose significant hazards that are going to be in place for many, many years, and those are really the sites that deserve to be prioritized for development for power.
After doctors prescribe medications, roughly half of their patients will misuse them, according to new research from Quest Diagnostics, the world’s largest database of clinical lab results.
The region lags in harvesting renewable solar energy, but several forces in Western Pennsylvania are trying to change that.
"If the first rule of health care is 'Do no harm,' then we're failing."
"I think that there is a growing body of evidence that shows that unconventional natural gas development is associated with negative health impacts"
A Pennsylvania state representative is renewing his calls for the swift passage of a hate crime bill after the second high-profile shooting of police officers in two weeks.
Some education and economy experts believe that Hillary Clinton’s adapted plan to provide no-cost college education at public universities may actually cause the price of tuition to go up.
